US536347A

US536347A - Type-writer drop-cabinet

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Publication number: US536347A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 1912-03-26

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

L. S. HAYES.

TYPE WRITER D1101 CABINET. No. 536,347. Patented Mar. 26, 1895.

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L.S.HAYES. TYPE WRITER DROP CABINET.

110.5363. Patented Mar. 26, 1895.

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LEWIS S. HAYES, OF CORTLAND, NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITER DROP-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,347, dated March 26, 1 895.

Application filed June 9, 1894. Serial No. 514,042. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS S. HAYES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of -New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type- Writer Drop- Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to certain improvements in type-writer cabinets, of that class known as drop cabinets and it has for its objects, first, to provide a cabinet, which shall be simple and comparatively inexpensive of construct-ion, so as to occupy but little space and which shall be quickly and easily operated to bring the type-writing machinein convenient position to be manipulated by the operator; second, to so construct said cabinet that the machine will be properly incased, when not required for use, to keep it free from dust and mold, and, at the same time to maintain the machine in such position that the carriage thereof will not have to be fastened down but will rest in its normal position, and, third, to so arrange the cover or lid that it may be utilized as a support for the work, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The above mentioned objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompa nying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved cabinet in closed position; Fig. 2, a similar view in operative position; Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section, showing the parts in closed position; Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, similar views showing the various positions assumed by the operating parts during the act of raising the machine-supporting lever; Fig. 8, a side elevation, showing the cover or lid in position at one side, to support the work; Fig. 9, a similar view showing a divided cover or lid one part arranged at one side and the other part arranged at the opposite side, to support the work; Fig. 10, a transverse vertical section, showing a modified form of pivoting or hinging the movable back-section, and

Fig. 11, a detail view of a section of the side and movable back at the pivotal point.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1,

indicates the side pieces of the cabinet, which are preferably constructed of vertical boards, grooved near their inner front edges, vertically, for the reception of the respective ends of the front panel 2, and horizontally near their lower edges for the reception of the respective ends of the bottom 3, which are tenoned transversely to said grooves in the side pieces. The lower ends of said side pieces are tenoned, longitudinally, and the leg or supporting sections 4, are grooved or recessed longitudinally to receive the tenoned ends of said side pieces. The said leg sections are preferably provided with castors 5 in order that the cabinet may be readily moved from place to place.

The numeral 6 indicates the lower portion or section of the back of the cabinet, which back is preferably formed in two sections, the lower section of which is permanently or rigidly set in grooves made in the side pieces, near the rear edges thereof.

The numeral 7 indicates the lid or cover of the cabinet, which is preferably formed of wood and hinged to the upper edge of one of the side pieces. Said lid or cover is provided at its free end. with a hasp, 8, which engages asuitable lock, 9, on the opposite side piece so that the parts may be securely fastened when the lid or cover is closed.

In assembling the rigidly constructed parts of the cabinet, the side pieces, with their legs or supports, are brought into proper position, and the tenoned ends of the bottom are inserted and fastened in the horizontal grooves of the side pieces. The front panel is then inserted, at its ends, into the vertical groovesin the side pieces. This panel is preferably constructed in two sections which are united midway by means of a horizontal rail, 10, grooved at top and bottom to receive the side edge of the respective sections as shown in the drawings. The rail is. of such length that its ends, will abut against the inner surfaces of the side pieces and form shoulders which serve to brace and stifien the front and sides of the cabinet. The lower or rigid section of .the back is fitted, at its ends, in the rear grooves of the side pieces, and the ends of the horizontal grooves in the side pieces, in which the ends of the bottom are fitted, are concealed by angle or corner plates 11, preferably of metal, which are secured by screws or otherwise.

To the rigid section of the back, is pivoted or hinged a movable section 12, by means of pivots or hinges 13, and to said movable section is hinged a leaf 14, which forms the support for the type-writing machine, and to which the same is properly fastened so as to be firmly held when in operative position or incased, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The numeral 15, indicates two fiat metallic bars or links each of which is pivoted at one end, to the inside of the side .pieces, and at the other end to the side edges of the supporting-leaf, as shown in the drawings. The lower and upper sections of the back are beveled at their adjacent pivoted or hinged edges, so as to permit the upper section to have free and full outward swing on its pivots.

The top edge of the panel front sets below the top edges of the side pieces, a sufiicient distance to permit the supporting-leaf, when elevated, to rest flush with the top edges of said side pieces, and the lid or cover is provided with a filling-strip, 16, the ends of which are tenoned to enter and fit the upper ends of the vertical grooves in the side pieces, and said strip serves to prevent any lateral play of the cover and to guide the hasp or keeper to the lock. Said lid or cover at its rear edge is provided with an angle-plate, 17, which sets against or engages the outside of the movable back-section and holds it in rigid vertical position, when the cabinet is closed.

The lid or cover may be supported, in position to hold the work, by a bracket 18, which may be hinged or otherwise secured to the side piece of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 8, or said lid or cover may be made in two sections, one section hinged to the top edge of one side piece and the other section hinged to the top piece of the opposite side piece, and each provided with a bracket 19, so that when opened the brackets will rest against the outside of the side pieces, and support the sections in a horizontal position to form extensions at each side of the cabinet, as shown in Fig. 9.

Referring particularly to Figs. 3, 4, 5,6 and 7, it will be observed that when the cabinet is in closed position the rigid and movable back-sections are parallel and in a vertical position. See Fig. 3. In elevating the supporting-leaf, the movable back-section first begins to move on its pivots, rearwardly and downwardly and continues to do so until the connecting-links assume a perfectly horizontal position, see Fig. 4, when it begins to move upwardly and inwardly and continues to so move until it and the supporting-leaf reach the positions shown in Figs. 5 and 6, respectively, when both move forward and downward until the supporting-leaf rests in horizontal position upon thc'top edge of the front, which forms a support therefor, flush with the top edges of the side pieces as shown in Fig. 7.

In the modification shown in Fig. 10, the movable back-section instead of being pivoted to the rigid back-section is provided at opposite sides with angle-plates 20, which set forward of the inner plates of said movable backsection and are pivoted to the inner faces of the side pieces of the cabinet. This construction gives the movable section, and the supporting-leaf hinged thereto more room to play, which is necessary in the use of some forms of type-writers to enable the machine to clear the front panel of the cabinet, in opening and closing the same and to enable the supporting-leaf to be brought at the proper point of support upon the top edge of the front and flush with the top edges of the edges of the side pieces. It will be seen that by this latter construction the type-writer supporting leaf may be projected farther forward, in order to adapt the cabinet to such classes of type-writers as require greater width of space on account of the height of the machine such as the Remington, for instance.

It is evident that various other modifications of my cabinet may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention so long as the movable back-section, and the movable leaf are employed. For instance the movable back-section may be in the form of an open frame as the movable leaf when in a vertical position will close the back of the cabinet, and the frame may be formed with pintles at its sides to constitute the pivotal bearings of said frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a type-writer cabinet, the combination, with the side pieces,of a movable backsection pivoted at its lower edge within the cabinet and having hinged to its upper edge a machinesupporting leaf, and links pivoted to the ends of said leaf and to the said side pieces, by means of which the leaf may be guided in its movement to a horizontal position, substantially as specified.

2. In a type-writer cabinet, the combination, with the side pieces thereof, of a back comprising a rigid section and a pivoted section, a machine-supporting leaf or shelf hinged to the upper edge of said pivoted back-scetion, and connections between the ends of said leaf or shelf and the sides of the cabinet, whereby the leaf or shelf may be guided from a vertical to a horizontal position, substantially as specified.

3. In a type-writer cabinet, the combina tion, with the side pieces thereof, of the rigid and movable back-sections, the leaf hinged to the movable back section, the links connecting the leaf to the side pieces, and the upper front panel, setting below the upper edges of the side pieces, and forming a rest for the leaf, when in a horizontal position, substantially as specified.

4. In a type-writer cabinet, the combination, with the side pieces thereof, of the back composed of a rigid section and a pivoted section, a machine-supporting leaf/hinged to the upper edge of said pivoted back-section, and the links pivoted to the ends of said leaf and to the inner sides of the side-pieces, substantially as specified.

5. In a type-writer cabinet, the combination, with the side pieces and the rigid and pivoted sections, comprising the back,0f a machine-supporting leaf hinged to the upper edge of the pivoted back-section, the links pivoted to the inside of the side pieces and to the leaf, and a suitable cover, provided at its front edge with a filling strip or strips adapted to fit in the upper ends of the panel-holding grooves of the side-pieces, and with an angleplate at its rear edge, whereby the pivoted back-section is held in vertical position when the cabinet is not in use, substantially as specified.

6. In a type-writer cabinet, the combination, with the side pieces thereof, of a swinging back-section, and machine-supporting leaf, the pivoted links, whereby said leaf is guided in its movements, of a divided cover, hinged atopposite sides of the cabinet and provided at its front edge with filling strips and at its rear edge with a holding angle-plate, and with brackets adapted to abut against the outside of the side pieces, to support the parts of said cover in position to form side extensions when the cabinet is open, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS s. HAYES.

Witnesses:

J. R. NOTTINGHAM, E. A; PAUL.